Access Now: Court Rules the Internet Shutdowns in Papua and West Papua Are Illegal
June 04, 2020
June 04, 2020
NEW YORK, June 4 -- Access Now issued the following news release:
A panel of judges of the Jakarta State Administrative Court ruled that the deliberate 2019 internet shutdowns in Papua and West Papua were illegal. A coalition of civil society groups working on freedom of expression issues in Southeast Asia, including the Alliance for Independent Journalists (AJI) and Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet), sued the government for purposely shutting down the internet . . .
A panel of judges of the Jakarta State Administrative Court ruled that the deliberate 2019 internet shutdowns in Papua and West Papua were illegal. A coalition of civil society groups working on freedom of expression issues in Southeast Asia, including the Alliance for Independent Journalists (AJI) and Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet), sued the government for purposely shutting down the internet . . .